Over the weekend I installed 2700k LED lights. They look identical to their incandescent bulbs they replaced. If anything, the 4 Watt replacements are a touch brighter than the 40 watts. But the color is spot on. No one will know that they are LED (not that I'd care if they did).

Cot was $7 per bulb, which is 4x the cost of the same incandescent bulb. The incandescent bulbs lasted one year like a religion. These should last 10 times as long. If I get half of that, I come out ahead and don't have to change the lightbulbs 5 times (minor inconvenience, but I was changing out street lights...).

Over the weekend I installed 2700k LED lights. They look identical to their incandescent bulbs they replaced. If anything, the 4 Watt replacements are a touch brighter than the 40 watts. But the color is spot on. No one will know that they are LED (not that I'd care if they did).

Cot was $7 per bulb, which is 4x the cost of the same incandescent bulb. The incandescent bulbs lasted one year like a religion. These should last 10 times as long. If I get half of that, I come out ahead and don't have to change the lightbulbs 5 times (minor inconvenience, but I was changing out street lights...).

What brand did you buy?

Logged

Libertarianism is a system of beliefs for people who think adolescence is the epitome of human achievement.

Global warming isn't real because it was cold today. Also great news: world famine is over because I just ate - Stephen Colbert.

The one reviewer on the Lowes says their bulb didn't work, I'm 4 for 4. The bit about the base being exposed is true, I took one of the socket covers off to make sure it was seating all the way, which it was. Not a big deal for me as it is in an overhead light fixture. Not sure it would bother me anyway, just different.

Over the weekend I installed 2700k LED lights. They look identical to their incandescent bulbs they replaced. If anything, the 4 Watt replacements are a touch brighter than the 40 watts. But the color is spot on. No one will know that they are LED (not that I'd care if they did).

Cot was $7 per bulb, which is 4x the cost of the same incandescent bulb. The incandescent bulbs lasted one year like a religion. These should last 10 times as long. If I get half of that, I come out ahead and don't have to change the lightbulbs 5 times (minor inconvenience, but I was changing out street lights...).

These are my favorite at home

Home Despot has had them for $5-6 depending on when you buy. 2700K. A bluer version is available at higher cost.

For streetlights,LEDs offer a lot more advantages than tubes and bulbs as far as aiming and controlling glare, while some dont seem to even take that into account. Buyer beware.

There are fixtures ("luminaires") available that let you dial in your cutoff and distribution patterns. One example comes in all sorts of color temperatures (even down to 2K which is amber...perfect for rural settings, the zoo, Woolaroc etc.) but 3K is the goal.

Home Despot has had them for $5-6 depending on when you buy. 2700K. A bluer version is available at higher cost.

For streetlights,LEDs offer a lot more advantages than tubes and bulbs as far as aiming and controlling glare, while some dont seem to even take that into account. Buyer beware.

There are fixtures ("luminaires") available that let you dial in your cutoff and distribution patterns. One example comes in all sorts of color temperatures (even down to 2K which is amber...perfect for rural settings, the zoo, Woolaroc etc.) but 3K is the goal.

Mission

&nbsp

"TulsaNow's Mission is to help Tulsa
become the most vibrant, diverse,
sustainable and prosperous city of
our size. We achieve this by focusing
on the development of Tulsa's
distinctive identity and economic
growth around a dynamic, urban
core, complemented by a constellation
of livable, thriving communities." more...